Birth announcements are happy occasions to celebrate -- even when they come 19 years after one's actual birth.
Yolanda Bogert of Jimboomba, Australia, printed a retraction on Monday to the original birth announcement for her 19-year-old son, Kai, who was born female, according to the Courier-Mail,
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Kai had come out to his mother and father as a transgender man a few days earlier, and his parents agreed they needed to show a sign of support -- both to their son and to the world. Yolanda Bogert told the Courier-Mail that writing the retraction was "a no-brainer."
Best Birth Announcement ever. Today's CM. What a wonderful family. pic.twitter.com/Zz4NkssKHD— Lisa Dart (@frostyagnes) December 2, 2014
Mashable has reached out to Kai Bogert.
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